Improved curtain-fixture



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. JAMES MONTGOMERY, 0F M RSEILLES; ILLINOIS.

I Lemm'pmnm 103,352,,dated May 24, 1870.

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The Schedtile referred to in these Letters Patent and making part oi the same Belt known that I, J AMES Mox'r'eormar, of Mar- 1 seillcs,in the count-yet Lasalle, "inthe State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare that the fol: lowing is a full, clear, and'j exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings making apart of I this specification, in which I I Fignrerl is a vertical front view.

Figure 2 is a verticalsidc view.

Figure 3 is a vertical froutvicw ot' tin-shade drawn up and the sash letdown. I

Figure 4 is a section through a b, fig. 3.

Figures 5 and 6 areplans of a. detached piece.

.lhisinvention relates to an improvement in paper or cloth windmv-shadcs, 0f the kind that is rolled up and down from a wooden mandrel fastened to the I lowcrcnd, while the top bar has been 11 erctofore fastened to the casing of the \vindow, and consists iu the conihinationand arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully described. j I

My improvement is attached toany ordiuarywindow, consisting of thc casing A, the lower sash B, and .the upper sash, B.

I To the uppcrfsash 1i I attach. the top bar O, by means of two springs D1), in such manner that the springs will cause the bar etc press against the casing A with suflicicnt force to support the weight of the sash B 1nd ofv the shade I) attached to the bar 0. This will be sufficient under ordinary circumstances, while for very large sashes, or where safety is required,

T a separate sash lock may be used, in which case the top bar 0 need not press against the casing A.

The shade E is of any of the patterns usually made, and is rolled up on a stick or mandrel.-

To roll it up and down I employtwo cords F 1',

down under the shade E, and up through two staples, G G; thence through a central staple H, thencedown again, and, finally, unite in a tassel, I, which contains hidden inside a piece of lead, K, of sufiicient weight small weight being required for that purpose, on ac- Er G and H. I p

I do not claim as my invention the several devices already covered by the following United States Pat- Lakc, July 23, 1869; J. B. Moore, March 10, 1868; C. Q. Matchettflllarch 3, 1868; All. Cheney,-Ap'ril 20, 1869; and J. M. Burns, January 25, 1870.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

to form the window-shade as described, that is to say,- of the top bar 0, the springs D D, the cords F F, the staples G G, the staple H, weighted tassel I, and

constructed suliista-ntially as described.

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

Witnesses: I I

E. Ross,

CHAS. A. MoIusL.

fastened to the top bar 0; thence the cords F F pass.

to prevent the shade E from unrolling itselfla very countof thc'fi'ietinu ol' the cords F F in the staplcs cuts: George 1. Fuller, September 28, 1869; E. B.

The combination of the devices above named, so as shade E, in combination with the window-sash B, 

